Qais Daraghmeh, who was selling sweets and hot drinks, said that he had come to the polling station at 5:00am to find a good spot. “If you find a good location, you’ll do well,” the 22-year-old political science student said.

Sahouri said his customers were mostly campaign volunteers. “Most voters did not buy anything because they came to vote in their cars and then went back home, but the volunteers needed hot drinks and sweets because they were working all day,” he explained.